Shed Siding Repair & Repaint — Golden, CO

The Project

A Golden Shed With Dented Metal Siding and a Tired Look

This shed on a Golden, CO property had red metal siding that had taken a beating — dented, creased panels that no coat of paint could fix. A dent in metal siding can't be sanded out or filled, and fresh paint over a bent panel only draws more attention to it. The owner wanted the walls done right: replaced with new LP SmartSide engineered wood siding, then painted so the whole shed looks like a purpose-built outbuilding instead of a patched-up one.

We handled both halves of the job with one crew: the shed siding repair — removing the damaged metal and installing LP SmartSide — and the painting, with the new walls and the doors sprayed in a deep blue. The existing metal roof and white trim stayed as they were. See how it came together in our shed siding repair & painting process below, or learn more about our exterior painting work in Golden, CO.

The Siding Repair

Replacing Metal Shed Siding With LP SmartSide

From a distance, this shed looked like a simple repaint candidate: red metal siding, a clean white roof, and a solid footprint. Up close, the metal panels told a different story. Several were dented and creased, and metal doesn't repair the way wood does — you can't sand and fill a crease, and once a panel has been bent its profile is permanently out of shape.

That's why the right fix for this Golden shed was replacement, not repainting. We removed the damaged metal siding and looked at what was underneath: the framing the siding fastens to. Where the structure called for it, fresh lumber went in so the new siding would have a straight, solid surface to attach to — you can see the new, light-colored board running across the wall in the photo.

Then came the new walls. We installed LP SmartSide, an engineered wood siding that arrives factory-primed and accepts paint far better than metal ever will. The panels were fitted to the gable and side walls so the seams run in clean vertical lines, and the existing metal roof and white trim stayed in place instead of being torn out and re-priced.

It's the kind of shed siding repair many Denver-area owners don't realize a painting contractor can take on. Instead of hiring a siding crew, then a separate painter, then coordinating the handoff between them, the repair and the paint happened under one estimate with one crew. If you have a shed, workshop, or detached garage with damaged siding, we can scope both parts together.

Why It Holds Up

Why LP SmartSide Is a Smart Choice for Shed Siding in Colorado

Colorado is hard on outbuildings. Intense high-altitude sun fades finishes, wind and hail beat on exposed walls, and big temperature swings put constant stress on every seam. A shed has no one inside adjusting the thermostat, so its siding takes all of it.

This shed already showed the downside of thin metal siding: once a panel dents, it stays dented, and the only real repair is replacement. LP SmartSide is an engineered wood siding built differently. It cuts and fastens like wood, so a future repair means swapping a panel rather than fighting a bent sheet. It also arrives factory-primed, giving the paint a better surface to grab than bare or old metal.

But the siding is only half of the system. The paint on top is what protects SmartSide day to day, which is why we didn't treat the painting as an afterthought. Airless spraying puts down an even film across the textured surface, the existing trim was masked so the finish stops where it should, and every coat got the time it needed rather than being rushed.

The result is a shed that no longer looks like a dented metal outbuilding — and a wall system that's much easier to maintain than what it replaced. Our work carries a 2-year workmanship warranty, and a quality repaint every several years keeps the siding protected for the long haul.